Toy school-room.



W. P. HIGGINS.

TOY SCHOOL ROOM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1910.

Patented July 29, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN P. HIGGINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE L. WERTMAN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

TOY SCHOOL-ROOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed July 11, 1910. Serial No. 571,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN P. HIGGINS, citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy School- Rooms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved toy in the nature of a miniature school room, and to this end the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indioate like parts throughout the several views. v

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing the toy school room with the side walls thereof turned upward or extended. Fig. 2 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, but shows only one of the wall extensions turned upward and the other two turned downward to close the box. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line a r of Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a fragmentary view in elevation looking at one corner of the extended wall structure. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the pupils desks, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the teachers desk.

To represent the school room proper I employ a box having folding side plates or side extensions, the inner surfaces of which aremarked to represent the interior walls of a school room and which when turned upward produce a good representation of the interior of the school room. Located within the box or miniature school room are miniature desks for pupils and teacher. Each such desk is preferably formed from a single piece of extremely thin sheet metal which is cut and bent into proper form and provided with clenching barbs extended through perforations in the bottom of the box and clenched against the bottom of the box. The box itself is preferably made of pasteboard or similar material and when the wall extensions of the box are folded down into horizontal position, they thereby form a cover for the box, and entirely inclose the contents of the miniature school room. In connection with this toy school room, paper or pasteboard figures representing the pupils and the teacher will be employed and these, when properly bent, may be properly located in the several desk seats thus giving a very good representation of an actual school room.

The box, which is of rectangular form, has quite low sides and ends. Said box forms the floor 1, side walls 1*, and end walls l of the school house. One of the end walls 1 is provided with a hinged or folding wall plate or extension 2* connected thereto by hinged joints 8 Both of the side walls 1 are also provided with hinged or folding wall plates or extensions 2 connected thereto by hinged joints 3. The hinge joints 3 and 3 may be formed in different ways but are usually formed by creased or flexible joints. The side wall extensions 2 and the end wall extension 2 when turned upward represent the sides and rear end of the school room but at the front of the school room there is no wall extension but an opening is left which affords a better view of the interior of the room. As shown in Fig. 3, the extension plate 2* which represents the rear wall of the school room is marked to indicate windows, black-board and the clock. These representations may of course be varied and similar representations may be applied on the inner surfaces of the side walls.

Elastic bands 4 are permanently attached to the outer surfaces of the side wall extensions 2 The loops of the elastic bands 4: are passed over lips 5 formed on the outer surface of the end wall extension 2. These lips 5 are located some little distance from the abutting ends of the side wall extensions 2 and the end wall extension 2* and hence exert a force which, when the side wall extensions 2 are folded over the end wall extension 2*, tend to hold the former closed. W'hen, however, the end wall extension 2 is forced intoan upright position between the upturned side wall extensions 2 as shown in Fig. 1, the said bands will press the engaged portions of the said side wall extensions 2 together under such friction that they will stand under ordinary handling in their upturned positions.

The scholars desks are indicated as entireties by the numeral 6 and each thereof is formed from a single piece of thin sheet metal bent to form a seat portion 6 a desk portion 6 and side legs 6 which latter are provided with projecting barbs or clenching lugs 6 The clenching barbs 6 are passed through small slits in the floor l and are clenched or bent over as shown in Fig. 3, and against the under side of the floor 1, thereby holding the desks anchored and properly positioned on the school room floor. The teachers seat, which is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 7, is preferably of identically the same construction as the pnpils desk 6, except that the desk portion 6* is shortened up. The teachers desk, which is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 8, is a rectangular structure formed with front, top, and side plates, the latter having projecting clenching barbs or lugs 8*, that are adapted to be passed through perforations in the floor 1 and clenched thereby, securing the said desk 8 in proper position, to-wit, preferably in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, near the front of the toy room. The desk 8 is also preferably constructed from a single piece of very thin sheet metal.

The toy school room described may be made at very small cost, and it affords very good amusement, especially to small children.

What I claim is:

1. A toy school room comprising a box having folding side and end extensions marked on their inner surfaces to indicate walls of a school room, toy desks located within the box and yielding devices connect- 35 ing the said folding side and end extensions and exerting force tending to hold the said side extensions in closed positions when turned downward and to press the said side extensions into frictional engagement with said end extensions when the said extensions are turned upward, substantially as described.

2. A toy school room comprising a box having foldingside extensions and an end extensionmarked on their inner surfaces to indicate walls of a school room, toy desks located within the box, said end extensions arranged to work between said side extensions, and yielding devices connecting the said folding side and end extensions and exerting force tending to hold the said side extensions in closed positions when turned downward and to press the said-side extensions into frictional engagement with said end extensions when the said extensions are turned upward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l/VARREN P. HIGGINS.

lVitnesses F. D. MERCHANT, HARRY D. KILGORE.

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